PERRY BRASS

NEW YORK CITY GAY LIBERATION FRONT, CALLEN-LORDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, AUTHOR

Perry Brass joined the New York City Gay Liberation Front in 1969. The "GLF" was a pioneering gay activist group founded after Stonewall. He edited the group’s magazine, Come Out!, and later helped organize Callen-Lorde, the only primary care center in New York City serving the LGBTQ+ community.

Perry Brass in LGBTQHP:

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/perry-brass

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/stonewall-era-underground-press

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/warren-blumenfeld-perry-brass-tahara

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/perry-brass-don-kilhefner-rich-wandel

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/first-pride-march-history

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/new-york-gay-liberation-front

https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/come-out

Video from 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY6kSYGMM5U

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